June 2012
Cedar Park Neighbors Newsletter Rite of Passage: Passing the Torch Monica Allison, CPN President Jazz Season, can you hear the music Iint’sinCedar the park? Come out and support jazz Park. The first show was held on Friday May 25th, 2012. For 12 years, the Jazz Series has been the focal point of Cedar Park on Friday nights in the summer. It is an opportunity for neighbors and friends to gather, for children to play, and for neighborhood businesses to receive new customers. We cannot stand the thought of the Jazz Series going away, but with the declining economy, we are experiencing a slowdown in the donations which keep this series going, and we need your help! We only have enough funding for seven shows this year, so would you consider a contribution to Jazz in Cedar Park? All monies raised will be used for the summer jazz series. Donations to Jazz in Cedar Park can be made by going to our website or mailing a check to CPN noting in the memo line that it is for Jazz in Cedar Park. Thank you for your continued support. The City is putting into play its Philly2035 plan. This summer we will be conducting interviews throughout the community to see what people envision for our area of West Philadelphia. Within this newsletter
you will find a paper version of the survey. We hope you will participate by filling it out online or returning the paper survey to CPN at the Calvary Community Center. We would love to receive your personal stories aside from the survey about what you love about Cedar Park. You could be featured in an upcoming newsletter. In every good organization there should be change in leadership and the time has come for me to pass the torch to our next President. Over the last four years we have accomplished much as a community. We have had fun. We have shared some losses. We have welcomed new businesses and new neighbors. Together we maintained our namesake, Cedar Park, and celebrated its centennial. We continued the tradition of jazz in the park and had wonderful fairs.
Thanks to President Monica Allison for her term of service.
As a community we have raised scholarship money for our students, fed families with our Holiday Baskets and beautified blocks within our neighborhood. We have had Meet & Greets at local restaurants to introduce you to some of the many food continued on page 2
LOVE YOUR PARK, MULCH YOUR PARK, CLEAN YOUR PARK!
Laura McHugh and Emily Kovich love to tend trees in Cedar Park.
Holman Massey loves to plant in Cedar Park.
Ezra Ali-Dow loves to pitch in and clean Cedar Park.